HERSHEY, Pa. — A public dispute involving a descendant of the Reese’s founder is drawing attention to a broader consumer concern: whether companies are quietly changing ingredients while prices continue to rise.
Brad Reese, grandson of H.B. Reese, has accused The Hershey Company of altering recipes across some Reese’s products — claiming in a public statement that certain items are replacing milk chocolate with “compound coatings” and traditional peanut butter with “peanut-butter-style crèmes.”
Hershey disputes that claim…